Quality Choice Drug Facts
Active Ingredients
Chlorhexidine gluconate 4% solution
Purpose
Antiseptic
Uses
- healthcare personnel handwash: helps reduce bacteria that potentially can cause disease
- skin wound and general skin cleansing
Warnings
For external use only
Allergy alert:
This product may cause a severe allergic reaction. Symptoms may include:
If an allergic reaction occurs, stop use and seek medical help right away
- wheezing/difficulty breathing
- shock
- facial swelling
- hives
- rash
Do not use
- if you or the patient is allergic to chlorhexidine gluconate or any other ingredient in this product
- in contact with meninges
- in the genital area
Keep out of reach of children.
If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control center right away
Stop use and ask doctor if
irritation, sensitization, or allergic reaction occurs. These may be signs of a serious condition.
When using this product
- keep out of eyes, ears, and mouth. May cause serious and permanent eye injury if permitted to enter and remain in the eye or may cause deafness when instilled in the middle ear through perforated eardrums.
- if solution should contact these areas, rinse out promptly and thoroughly with water
- wounds which involve more than the superficial layers of the skin should not be routinely treated
- repeated general skin cleansing of large body areas should not be done except when advised by a health care procider
Directions
Healthcare personnel handwash:
Skin wound and normal skin cleansing:
- use with care in premature infants or infants under 2 months of age. These products may cause irritation or chemical burns.
Other information
- store at 20°-25° C (68°-77° F)
- avoid excessive heat above 40° C (104° F)
Inactive ingredients
cocamide DEA, fragrance, glucono-delta-lactone, hydroxyethylcellulose, isopropyl alcohol, lauramine oxide, PEG-75 lanolin, purified water, tridecyl alcohol.
Questions of comments?
1-800-587-3721
Other Information
DO NOT USE IF SAFETY SEAL IS BROKEN OR MISSING
Warning: This product contains a chemical (cocamide DEA) known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Laundering/Cleaning Instructions: Chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleansers will cause stains if used with chlorine releasing products. Rinse completely and use only non-chlorine detergents.
*This product is not manufactured or distributed by Mölnlycke Healthcare, owner of the registered trademark Hibiclens®.
OTHER SAFETY INFORMATION
Warning: Cancer - www.P65Warnings.gov
Laundering/Cleaning Instructions: Chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleansers will cause stains if used with chlorine releasing products, such as chlorine bleach.
*This product is not manufactured or distributed by Mölnlycke Healthcare, owner of the registered trademark Hibiclens®.